Improvement in fruit-cans



. As. LTZ. y Fruift Gqm Y i l No. 162,952. Patented May 1o, rsvp.,

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bedded, the cap ibeing attaching `the cover,`

ing in the same, are two` i whichv is a deep annular recess or chamber, c, into .which is received the Y ward at rightangles `to'the i h., tor a purpose described hereafter.

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dicated by the @watchman *.rirMMnL LUfrz, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

n u LettersPaten-t No. 102,952, dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' FRUIT-CAS.

. i l' g l `'The Sehezule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same i I, salaam. Lim,ofrninaelpiiia,cuufyfofrhnadelplna, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Fruit-preserving Gans, of which the fol- Nata-rc and Object of the I nrent'ion. My invent-ionqconsists of a metal can having an annular recess for theireception of a iiange'on a cap, and

of a `body of cement rin which the said flange is i1n' l,provided with hooked arms, body of the can, so as to re- Vitsposition,` and prevent the adapted to eyes on the tain the cap firmly in cement from being fractnredlby any movement of the y 4. I Jeceriptio i of the Accompanying Drafting.

Figure 1 is avertical sectional viewof my improved' i preserving-can,.with the cover detached; y

Figure 2, `the same, showing the cover in its place; ands,r l Figures 3 and plan views, showing the method 'of General Description. A'represents the can; and 4 iB its coveiyfbotlr beingmade of tinned iron. On the top a of the can. and surrounding lthe openiianges b and b', between turn-down edge oriiange f of the cover, andthe lower edge of thel'atter is bent out-` same, so as to form Va lip 1t-is intended that thecover, when fitted tothe can, `asshown in fig. 2, shall rest upon the upper edge `and that its `lip h shall be almost, but not quite, in contact with `the bottom of the groove or chamber c) y, .y y i w i For the purpose `of attachingthe cover to the can it i s -provided withthree, er other "suitablennmber, of

hooked arms or catches `@adapted to loops or hooklike projectionsj secured ,to the, Aoutside of` the Harige b of the-eau'. i 3y i .In order to insert `the ends of., these catches t beneath the hooksj, the cover must be iitted to the top of the can, and be partially turned inthe direction inarro'w inig, and for this purpose it lsyprovided with a handle, 7.', which also serves as a s means of liftingthe cover from the can when its said `arms are .disengaged iii-om the hooks.`

l The catches j may, if desired, be slightly inclined,

so as to draw ythe cover downward when they are `turned to a position beneath the hooks.-

In lusing the above can, the groove or recess c is partly filled with any suitable cement which `will exclude the air from the interiorof the can when the Bange f of the cover isvcontained in the said cement. The latter must be of such a nature that, when the articles to be preserved are poured into the can in a heated state, thersaid cement will immediately soften and liquefy, so as to enable the flange and lip h of the lid tobe inserted ,into` the same, and the lid to beV properly fitted to the can, and secured by means of' its A catches i. s

The cement will solidify with the cooling of the contents, and when the latter are to be removed i'om the` can the cover mustibe turned in the direction of theA arrow, fig. 4, Ain order to disengage the catches, after which the cover, together with the entire mass of cei ment contained in the?, groove c, may be lifted and removed from the can, the lip 7i. prevent-ing the lid from heilig withdrawn without the cement, unless the latter be previously softened by heating.

By thus withdrawing the cement in the act of removing the cover, the contents ofthe can can be obtained without being brought in contact witlrthe same, and no heating or scraping of thecan is required to cleanse it ot' particles of old cement when it is to be used a second time, or for other purposes than preserving.4 lhe cement also being removed at once, and without difficulty, can be preserved 'for a future' use. Y V

When articles to be preserved are putinto the can in ,a cold state, the cement may be heated and poured into the recess; or, it' already contained in the recess,

it may be softened by heating the canbefore filling the same.

Claim.

The can A, its annular .chamber c, and loops or eyes j, in combination with the cover B,'1ts lip h, and arms t, all arranged and operating as. described. A

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to presence of two subscribing 4 this specification in the witnesses. V

y STIMMEL lUlZ.

` A'Witnesscsi FRANK B. RICHARDS,

\. y HARRY Smrrr. 

